Doheny State Beach, Southern California – Sunday 1st August There were all round impressive performances from Dream Team in the 9 Mile (14.4km) Distance Race a the 2017 Pacific Paddle Games, however it was the performances of Connor Baxter (2016 PPG Defending Overall Champion) and Michael Booth (2016 PPG Defending Distance Race Winner) in this…
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Doheny State Beach, Southern California – Saturday 30th October As the fog lifted on Day One of the Pacific Paddle Games 2017 and the sun came out for a beautiful day of fun out of stand up paddle racing. The Starboard Dream Team had stellar performances in the quarter finals (men) and semi finals (women) with the top 10…
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Next weekend, the best of the best stand up paddle racers will once again descend upon Doheny State Beach in Southern California for Pacific Paddle Games, the “Superbowl of SUP”. But before next weekend’s showdown in the waves, team Starboard offered a showcase of skill in another iconic California location, far north of Doho –…
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In very difficult and cold wave conditions on offer at the 2017 ISA World SUP Championships, the world’s best SUP surfers took it out on the water to define the new ISA SUP Surf world champions. Benoit Carpentier made his way to the finals to nab a Bronze medal behind newcomer Winner Luis Diniz from…
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Daniel Hasulyo won the SUP 11 city tour 2017 with 220 kms in 4 days through Friesland in front of his defending champion brother Bruno Hasulyo finishing second who won a few weeks ago the ISA Long Distance World Title in Denmark. In third position came Martino Rogai from Italy who just left team Infinity…
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Bart de Zwart, holder of the 24 hour paddling Guiness World Record just finished the 11 city tour Non Stop edition which is the 5day-11 cities 220+ kms long through Dutch canals but in one go without stopping that he pioneered some years back. This year Bart decided to do the Non-Stop edition then straight…
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In the men’s race Long Distance Race at the 2017 ISA World Championships was an incredible moment with the victory of Bruno Hasulyo from Hungary taking the Gold Medal and the World title followed closely by Connor Baxter in 2nd place. In third was Titouan Puyo from France and in fourth was the second Hasulyo…
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After Shakira’s incredible victory last year in pumping surf in Fiji, it was very difficult and different conditions that she faced this year in Cold Hawaii. But she powered through and demonstrated the incredible range of her SUP Surfing to claim her second ISA World title and the second Gold medal for the Tiki Team…
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Hood River native Fiona Wylde won a major victory last weekend on her home turf at one of the world’s most competitive races. Fiona put her local knowledge to work and glided to a first-place finish in Hood River at the Gorge Paddle Challenge. The race was stacked with talent and most of the big names of the…
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Last weekend, the legendary race Molokai 2 Oahu took place for the 21st time with the grueling 32 mile crossing of the Ka’iwi Channel between the two hawaiian Islands. M2O as it’s abbreviated is considered one of the most difficult races in the world. Penelope Strickland took an amazing victory this year in the women’s…
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